{"_id":"68c1b04a3da18ad524fdcc29","title":"The Prophetic Pictures","author":"Nathaniel Hawthorne","code":"the-prophetic-pictures","publish_year":1837,"publish_source":"The Token","words":5157,"image":"anguish.jpg","image_alt":"A sword in the ground. graphite filter","genres":["gothic","literary"],"description":"A husband and wife commission to have their portraits painted by an artist renowned for capturing his subjects so well that it reveals things one can’t see in real life.","blurb":"“And at the first glance the expression seemed also hers; but I could fancy that the portrait has changed countenance while I have been looking at it. The eyes are fixed on mine with a strangely sad and anxious expression.”","rating":3,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}